Now it's Phil Harrison's Wii Controller

Following yesterday's news that former Sony executive and now Atari president, Phil Harrison is being credited as the inventor of a touch-screen gaming device - he's popped up in the US Patent Office. This time he's noted as the inventor of "DATA TRANSFER USING HAND-HELD DEVICE".

From the look of the images relating to the patent, this will result in a Wii Remote-like controller. Here's the description with our bolding...